diff --git a/src/vector/index.html b/src/vector/index.html
index 172ccfabe6..8568d96a92 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.html
+++ b/src/vector/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+
Riot
diff --git a/src/vector/index.js b/src/vector/index.js
index c154919bd4..5ac42d8a64 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.js
+++ b/src/vector/index.js
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ async function loadLanguage() {
}
try {
await languageHandler.setLanguage(langs);
- document.getElementById("mx_PageRoot").setAttribute("lang", languageHandler.getCurrentLanguage());
+ document.documentElement.setAttribute("lang", languageHandler.getCurrentLanguage());
} catch (e) {
console.error("Unable to set language", e);
}